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Midpen Housing Corporation

Public charity · Grantmaker Foster City, CA EIN: 23-7089977 Website

In conjunction with related organizations, Midpen Housing Corporation's mission is to provide safe, affordable housing of high quality to those in need; to establish stability and opportunity in the lives of residents; and to foster diverse communities that allow people from all ethnic, social and economic backgrounds to live in dignity, harmony, and mutual respect.

Key facts about Midpen Housing Corporation

In short: Midpen Housing Corporation gave $2.3M across 12 grants in 2025 (avg $193K), mostly in California. 33% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
23-7089977
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$2,313,536
Grants made (2025)
12
Average grant
$192,795
Median grant
$10,000
New grantees (estimate)
33% first-time grantees (4 of 12, 2025)
Total assets
$440,569,719
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$440.6M

+22.7% YoY

Annual Giving

$2.3M

-26.5% YoY

Grant Count

12

+9.1% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$193K

-32.6% YoY

Is Midpen Housing Corporation open to new grantees?

33%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 4 of 12 grantees (33%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $482K; repeat grants $48K. How we count

Medians: $11K first-time, $10K repeat.

  • 50% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving fell 82% from 2022 to 2025. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

About Midpen Housing Corporation

Based on IRS filings

Midpen Housing Corporation is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in Foster City, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $440.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 12 grants totaling $2.3M. Net investment income was $9.9M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of all 12 itemized 2025 grant dollars.

Cities

Foster CityOaklandSan FranciscoSan MateoSacramentoSanta CruzAgoura HillsSan JoseBaltimoreBerkeleyCapitolaIrvineMarinaReddingSanta Rosa

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5M$10M$15M5 grants201922 grants202012 grants20219 grants202213 grants202311 grants202412 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $501K (2019) to $12.8M (2022). In 2025 it made 12 grants totaling $2.3M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Mid-Peninsula Hermanas Inc: $1.9MMid-Peninsula Hermanas Inc$1.9MMP 21 Soledad Street LP: $188KMP 21 Soledad Street LP$188KMidpen Resident Services Corporation: $138KMidpen Resident ServicesCorporation$138KNon Profit Housing Associations of Northern CA: $13KNon Profit HousingAssociations of Northern CA$13KHousing Leadership Council of San Mateo County: $12KHousing Leadership Council ofSan Mateo County$12KCalifornia Housing Consortium: $10KCalifornia Housing Consortium$10KEnterprise Community Partners Inc: $10KEnterprise Community PartnersInc$10KSvhome: $10KSvhome$10KHousing Santa Cruz County: $10KHousing Santa Cruz County$10KEasy Bay Housing Organizations: $8KEasy Bay Housing Organizations$8K

The largest 2025 recipient was Mid-Peninsula Hermanas Inc ($1.9M). Together the top 10 received $2.3M.

Grant Size Distribution

57 grants across all recorded years

33<$50K6$50–100K8$100–250K1$250–500K1$500K–1M7$1–5M1$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 33 grants of 57 (58%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Mid-Peninsula Hermanas Inc Foster City, CARelated to gga garage and turk garage contributions (lgmg grant)$1,900,392
MP 21 Soledad Street LP Foster City, CARelated to Hud Grant (Moon Gate)$188,171
Midpen Resident Services Corporation Foster City, CAAcap Fund $60K and Hud Grant (Moon Gate)$137,973
Non Profit Housing Associations of Northern CA San Francisco, CAFor Annual Donation$12,500
Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County San Mateo, CAFor Annual Donation$11,500
California Housing Consortium Agoura Hills, CAFor Annual Donation$10,000
Enterprise Community Partners Inc Baltimore, MDFor Annual Donation$10,000
Svhome San Jose, CAFor Annual Donation$10,000
Housing Santa Cruz County Santa Cruz, CAFor Annual Donation$10,000
Easy Bay Housing Organizations Oakland, CAFor Annual Donation$8,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$50M$100M$150M2019202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$440,569,719$359,107,963$339,062,142
Revenue$109,047,510$55,417,692$55,697,583
Expenses$35,744,812$33,550,567$36,466,328
Net Investment Income$9,882,333$10,664,781$5,558,716

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 14, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 13, 2021)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 20, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Midpen Housing Corporation is led by Matthew O. Franklin, CEO, President & Assistant Secretary since 2022 (on filings since 2019); none of the 19 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Matthew O. Franklin

    CEO, President & Assistant Secretary

    President, Chief Executive Officer & Assistant Se → President & Assistant Secretary, 2020

    President & Assistant Secretary → CEO, President & Assistant Secretary, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    25 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Harrison

    Chairperson

    Director → Vice Chair, 2021

    Vice Chair → Chairperson, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elisa De Laet Jagerson

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Renee McDonnell

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Hicks

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chan U. Lee

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Fearn

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melanie Mock

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephanie Sonnenshine

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Yusef Freeman

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Enrique Torres

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jessica Garcia-Kohl

    Vice Chairperson

    Director → Vice Chairperson, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael J. Vergura

    CFO & Assistant Secretary

    Chief Financial Officer → Chief Financial Officer & Assistant Secretary, 2020

    Chief Financial Officer & Assistant Secretary → CFO & Assistant Secretary, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    25 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Martinez

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lance Smith

    Vice President, Corp. Counsel, Broker & Assistant Secretary

    Vice President, Corporate Counsel, Broker & Assistant Secretary → Vice President, Corp. Counsel, Broker & Assistant Secretary, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    35 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Abigail Goldware Potluri

    Assistant Secretary

    On filings since 2024

    44.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ann Goggins Gregory

    COO & Assistant Secretary

    On filings since 2024

    24.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joanna Carman

    Assistant Secretary

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Steadman

    Assistant Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    20 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (20)
  • Former: Janine Lind (2019–2024) — COO & Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Fay Sien Goon (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Terry Freeman (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Kasey Archey (2023–2024) — Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Beth Bartlett (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Gina Diaz (2019–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Rob Hollister (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Shwetha Subramanian (2023) — Credo & Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Jan Lindenthal (2019–2022) — Credo & Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Mark Battey (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kim Le (2019–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Marvin E. Williams (2019–2021) — Senior Vice President of Property Management & Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Monique Moyer (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Dan Seubert (2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: C. Mark Battey (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Daniel Seubert (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Julia M. Baigent (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Kevin Bates (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Therese Freeman (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Erik Doyle (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Midpen Housing Corporation

How much does Midpen Housing Corporation give each year?

Midpen Housing Corporation gave $2.3M across 12 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $3.1M across 11 grants.

What is Midpen Housing Corporation's typical grant size?

Midpen Housing Corporation's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $192,795, across 12 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Midpen Housing Corporation that year got $482K on average.

Where does Midpen Housing Corporation give grants?

Midpen Housing Corporation gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Foster City, CA (3 grants).

Does Midpen Housing Corporation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 12 grants with a stated purpose on Midpen Housing Corporation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "For Annual Donation" (9 grants).

Who are Midpen Housing Corporation's largest grantees?

Midpen Housing Corporation's largest 2025 grantees include Mid-Peninsula Hermanas Inc ($1,900,392), MP 21 Soledad Street LP ($188,171) and Midpen Resident Services Corporation ($137,973), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 96% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Midpen Housing Corporation?

Midpen Housing Corporation reported $440.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $109.0M.

What is Midpen Housing Corporation?

Midpen Housing Corporation is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in Foster City, CA. It holds $440.6M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Midpen Housing Corporation's EIN?

Midpen Housing Corporation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7089977. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

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